Bhubaneswar: A 21-year-old student from Sikha-O-Anushandhan (SOA) University from the city has devised a low cost Ultra Violet (UV) sanitisation machine to sanitise several household items during the COVID 19 outbreak. Abhishek Mohapatra is a third year student of BSc (Agriculture) from the institute and...
New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 50,000 mark in a single day for the first time, pushing the virus tally to 15,83,792, while the recoveries went past 10 lakh Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country registered a record increase of 52,123...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday reported 1,203 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 30,378. The state also registered ten more deaths due to COVID-19, pushing the toll to 169, official sources informed. Out of the 1,203 new cases, 758 were reported from...
Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 17 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 665,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 16,957,763, while the fatalities rose...
Mumbai: Noted Telugu filmmaker SS Rajamouli and his family members have tested COVID-19 positive. Rajamouli confirmed the news on his verified Twitter account Wednesday evening. Filmmaker SS Rajamouli shot to fame directing the Baahubali films, is living under home quarantine as suggested by doctors along...
New Delhi: The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 is fast approaching the 10-lakh mark the Health Ministry said Wednesday. It also informed that the case fatality rate (CFR) has been falling progressively. This has been possible due to coordinated implementation of the ‘test track...
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) to ensure equitable distribution of ‘Remdesivir’ and ‘Tocilizumab’ drugs. These medicines have been included as ‘investigational therapies’ in the national treatment protocols for COVID-19, across India. The Health Ministry wants...
Thiruvananthapuram: 105-year-old Asma Beevi Wednesday was cured of Covid-19 disease and was discharged from the hospital. She thus became the oldest patient in Kerala who was cured of the disease, which early saw an aged couple -- 93-year-old man and 88-year-old woman, was the previous...
Kolkata: Over 1,000 people were arrested in this city Wednesday for defying the total lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus, police said. Of them, 721 were booked till 6.00pm for violating the restrictions under IPC section 188 that relates to disobedience to order...
Latur: A doctor was allegedly assaulted Wednesday by the son of a COVID-19 patient who died at a hospital in this city of Maharashtra. The incident took place around 7.00am at ‘Alpha Superspeciality Hospital’ here, the police said. The 35-year-old assailant – name not disclosed...
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Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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